New Kids on the Block to Reunite

Published: 2008-01-30

Late 1980s boy band New Kids on the Block are preparing to announce that they will be reuniting, 14 years after their breakup in 1994. The pop quintet were very successful back in the late 1980s and early 1990s, selling more than 70 million records during their decade-long career, NME.com reports.Though the members have since gone on to their own individual projects, some continuing with music, others dabbling in acting and still others in fields completely separate from the entertainment world, a reunion of this sort had been anticipated for some time now. Though no official statement has been made, People Magazine reports that the announcement is imminent and even the group’s once-dormant website, http://www.nkotb.com, is showing signs of life.

This is the best thing I have ever downloaded. I check out a dude’s blog almost every day. His name is Nagro and his blog can be found here. Please check out his blog. I DO NOT take credit for this download.

It’s the FULL concert recorded 06-05-1983 at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, Colorado by U2. Not to be confused with the official release “Under A Blood Red Sky” in November 1983, this is the WHOLE CONCERT! The album cuts were taken from this recording and are ALL soundboard recordings, re-encoded at 320 kbps. The album has 8 songs. This has 19!

Click links to download. It’s simple to do. Once at rapidshare, follow the instructions. If you don’t have an account, you have to wait a while before you can download part two. Follow the “free” instructions. You don’t have to sign-up for anything.

Dancing on Heath Ledger’s grave

Article from: Sunday Herald Sun

January 27, 2008 12:00am

I WAS shocked and dismayed this week at the passing of Aussie actor Heath Ledger.

And while most of us spent our days quietly grieving at the loss of a talented actor, ambassador for our country and father of two-year-old Matilda, vicious hatemongers were busy planning to picket the man’s funeral.

The Westbro Baptist Church – and Fred Phelps, a man who calls himself a reverend – announced plans on its disgraceful website godhatesfags.com to protest at the funeral of Ledger for his appearance in Brokeback Mountain.

They said that his portrayal of a homosexual cowboy in the film meant he was a pervert and deserved to go to hell for his “sins”.

Brokeback Mountain is about gay men yes, but ultimately it is a love story.

It so happens that the two people who fall in love are men.

But instead of praising the tale of unrequited love and the ebb and flow of human interaction, protesters focused on the fact Heath and Jake kissed.

Big deal.

And now that the brilliant actor who played a role in that movie has died, the bottom feeders who spread their messages of hate in the name of God are doing the most disgraceful, disrespectful, abhorrent thing they could do.

They will dance on his grave.

How, in this day and age, can we still have neanderthals who think this way?

Sexuality is only one facet of who we are and most people fall somewhere on a line from gay to straight.

It is not even relevant to label a person, gay, straight, bi-sexual or otherwise.

And yet we can’t seem to help ourselves.

We can’t resist the urge to label because, once we label, we remove any threat by categorising a person as man, woman, transgendered or gay, straight, bisexual.

People who resist these archetypes are dangerous, we don’t like them.

I refuse to be put in a box like this. If I meet the love of my life and it happens to be a woman, so be it.

The determinist approach to categorising people is outdated and should be relegated to a time when phrenology and eugenics were pondered.

I often wonder why people such as the “Rev” Phelps and his supporters have such a repulsive reaction to the idea of two men making love.

Are they disgusted because part of them yearns to be able to break out of the labels they have created for themselves?

Why are they hell-bent on proving just how “straight” they are by boycotting the funeral of an actor who portrayed a homosexual?

It is just ludicrous and it makes my blood boil.

This generation is more resistant to labels. The kiss between Ledger and Gyllenhaal won the MTV hottest screen kiss award the year the movie “came out”.

We won’t be pinned down to a sexuality, an idea of what it means to be hetero, homo, bi, male or female.

This generation is merely sexual.

If Ledger is buried on Aussie soil in his home town of Perth and those grubs decide to show up here, I hope their reception is less than welcoming.

6 guys on a Japanese TV show. They’re playing a game in which you flip cards to see who will have to suffer the task. The funny thing is, they’re in a library and can’t make noise. The “slapping machine” had me laughing so hard, I thought I would puke.

Dumbfoundedone is a little under the weather today and took the day off to recuperate. Always one to put down time to good use, I taught myself video editing and have posted a couple of videos on YouTube.

The first is of my wife and our friend harry. It was taken on a ride at the Canadian National Exhibition in 2007. I sat across from them and filmed it. I get the camera steady a little less than half way through. For some reason, Patti keeps putting her left leg out.

Next, my buddy Drew, Harry and I ride “the crazy mouse” at the CNE also. It sure seemed scary for a kids ride, but oh well.

Oh, and by the way. The video I posted last night is the 73rd most watched sports video in Canada today. And it’s only 3pm.

You say the hill’s too steep to climb, try it
You say you’d like to see me try climb it
You pick the place and I’ll choose the time
And I’ll climb the hill in my own way
Just wait a while for the right day
And as I rise above the tree-line and the clouds
I look down, hearing the sounds of the things you’ve said today

Fearlessly the idiot faced the crowd, smiling
Mercyless the magistrate turns round, frowning
And who’s the fool who wears the crown
Go down in your own way
And every day is the right day
And as you rise above the fear-lines in his crown
You look down, hearing the sound of the faces in the crowd

You never walk alone, you never walk alone
Walk on, walk on with hope in your heart
And you never walk alone, you never walk alone

Ok, I was going to try and post my bookmarks on here (not “favorites” you Internet Explorer loving douche bags…. I use Firefox), but I can’t figure out how to do it. Well, I guess I could, but I don’t want to take 2 hours on it.